Six Picks: Our experts pick their favorites for week of May 31-June 6
May 30, 2013 - 3:42 pm
Shania Twain
It’s going to be a Celine kind of summer starting Tuesday. So if you prefer your first-name Canadian diva to ride in on an airborne motorcycle, dance around with buckaroos and sing to a horse, then you have just Friday and Saturday to catch Shania Twain’s “Still the One” opus at Caesars Palace. Tickets are $55 to $250 for 7:30 p.m. shows both days; call 800-745-3000.
— Mike Weatherford
Before the Eyewall
Pregame for the return of “Doom in June” this weekend with Columbus, Ohio’s Before the Eyewall, an instrumental trio whose tectonic jams will most surely agitate any Richter scale in the general vicinity. See the band at 9 p.m. Friday at The Dive, 4110 S. Maryland Parkway. Tickets are $5; call 702-796-1776.
— Jason Bracelin
Spielberg series
You’re gonna need a bigger tub of popcorn. For the next four weeks, the Cinemark Classics Series is saluting Steven Spielberg, starting with “Jaws” on Wednesday and June 5. The next three weeks will bring “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” and “Schindler’s List.” Showtimes are 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Sundays at Sam’s Town, Santa Fe, South Point and Suncoast.
— Christopher Lawrence
Film fest
It just wouldn’t be Vegas without a buffet, and if your tastes run to theater, there’s plenty to satisfy your appetite at the 2013 Vegas Fringe Festival, which kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday, launching two weekends of performances (90 minutes or less) from a dozen local theater companies. Catch their act(s) through June 9 at Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive; for tickets ($12 for individual plays, $66 for six plays, $120 for all 12), visit www.lvlt.org.
— Carol Cling
Brew fest
Beers, beers and more beers will be showcased and sampled during the Blues & Brews Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd. The day’s events also will include live music and food vendor booths, and a portion of ticket proceeds will benefit Keep Memory Alive, which helps support the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the gate, or $75 for VIP. Visit www.SpringsPreserve.org.
— Heidi Knapp Rinella
Kaskade
Kaskade’s “Summer Lovin’ ” series returns to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas — Saturday at Marquee nightclub, then Sunday at Marquee Dayclub. How many reasons do you need to see him? Here are some: “Move for Me,” “I Remember,” “Eyes,” “4 AM,” “Turn it Down,” “Room for Happiness” and “Lick It.”
— Doug Elfman